Kevin Garnett is taking the big bag during his prime years.
The former Timberwolves forward shared that he fired his agent after rejecting the team’s $122,000,000 offer while on vacation.
“I’m in Jamaica, and I’ll never forget this. I got the USA Today, I pop it open, the first joint says, ‘Garnett denies $122 million.’ And I’m like, ‘What the fuck.’ I had a bowl of fruit in my lap and I remember it spilled. I tapped shorty, ‘We gotta go.’ And I zoomed home,” Garnett said, via Knuckleheads podcast.
The NBA champion felt confusion toward his agent because of being unaware of the negotiations.
“The problem was I never got to deny anything. The agent did. So the first thing I checked him about was, ‘Don’t be speaking for me.’ He was like, ‘This is how it goes. This is the process.’ And I was like, ‘Nah.’ I didn’t really like that, so I fired him,” he explained.
Despite rejecting the first offer, Garnett still managed to sign a record $126,000,000, which taught him how business in basketball works at that time.
“Because my movement and me being able to speak for myself was huge for me. I didn’t want somebody speaking for me. I’m right here. I can say it. I probably would’ve taken the $122 million. But he was pushing me and really teaching me the business of how basketball works,” Garnett added.
The Minnesota swingman won the MVP award in 2004, the 2003 All-Star MVP, while earning a Defensive Player of the Year award in 2008 with a championship title.
